I Don’t Need Average Players – Stephen Keshi

Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi insists that there's room for new players to join the team, but says it will take “very high quality” to dislodge any of his current players.

“It’s going to be very hard,” Keshi told KickOffNigeria.com. “Anyone that wants to join the team now must be a very tangible player.
“He must have a very great thing for us, that he is contributing to the team to make it much better.
“The door is not closed, there are a lot of Nigerian players out there that have not gotten the opportunity to play, I have not seen them.
“But if there’s anybody coming into the team, he must be a very high quality player.”
The likes of Dinamo Kyiv’s Haruna Lukman, Kilmarnock’s Gabriel Reuben and Hull City’s Sone Aluko are knocking on the door and Keshi says they will get a chance to prove their quality.

“In every department of the Eagles, we need competition and we need players who can bring that competition.
“If Lukman is doing so well, we will bring him in. We have people like (Gabriel) Rueben and Sone Aluko, who are doing well too, so why not we will bring all of them in?
They are all Nigerians and they want to play and it’s a blessing for me and for the team,” Keshi said.
Source: Punch Nigeria